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01 Apr

...illicit activity, rather than as a funding stream for victims. Moreover, like Gaddafi and Libyan assets over a decade ago, hundreds of billions of Russian wealth helped to lubricate financial centres like London, despite security warnings that compromised more robust Western pushback against Putin. With regards to the second issue of victim eligibility, which individuals and groups will be able to access such assets if they are liquidated? In recent weeks the US has split $7 billion of Afghan assets in its jurisdiction after the Taliban took power, with half...
01.04.22 | |

22 Sep

...In Egypt, the occupation of Tahrir Square led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak, while in Libya, civil war ended in the capture and assassination of Muammar Gaddafi. Not long after, protests spread far beyond the Arab world. In Kyiv, thousands filled Maidan Square to oppose President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to suspend an EU Association Agreement in favour of closer ties with Russia, triggering the pro-European Euromaidan movement. In the West, discontent took other forms. The Occupy Wall Street movement denounced growing inequality, corporate influence, and political unaccountability in the...
22.09.25 | |

12 Sep

...approach to hate speech is not a prerequisite to functioning democracy. On the contrary, our European friends would argue that democracy is better served by banning such material. Either way, our exceptionalism on this score doesn’t serve us very well. This isn’t any sort of apology for the killing (especially ugly given Stevens’ dedication to the rebel effort against the Gaddafi regime). In the first instance, it’s a recognition of international realities: do we want to take hits like this so that films like that can be made? In the...
12.09.12 | |

06 Sep

...that Palestine has secured the support of the Non-Aligned Movement, Arab and Islamic states. Poland has given information over to judges from the European Court of Human Rights regarding the investigation into secret prison sites, allegedly used to interrogate and sometimes torture al-Qaeda suspects, operated by the US on Polish soil. Human Rights Watch has come out with a report detailing US torture and rendition of opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime (report found here), including using the waterboarding technique on suspects. Columbia has named its team for...
06.09.12 | |

12 Sep

...Policy’s piece helps explain why Obama might be a little cold on a meeting. A Libyan judge has suspended the trial of Buzeid Dorda, a top intelligence officer in Gaddafi’s regime, after an appeal of unconstitutionality was entered by the defense. The UN has calculated that the Taliban raked in more than $400 million from various sources last year. US missions in Cairo and Benghazi were attacked yesterday, resulting in the loss of at least one State Department official, after protests broke out regarding a film allegedly offensive to Islam....
12.09.12 | |

18 Sep

...Amendment protection in the United States, and why President Obama couldn’t block the film, even if he wanted to. ECOWAS is gearing up for a tough fight in Mali against Islamist militants in the north of the country. The UN has urged Libya to institute a transitional justice strategy to rebuild and reshape a country influenced by decades of dictatorial rule under Muammar Gaddafi. After the recent meeting with President Morsy of Egypt, Foreign Policy showcases Sudan’s President, Omar Al-Bashir, as the most mobile accused war criminal in the world....
18.09.12 | |

02 Sep

...Statute, “so long as contribution had been agreed upon by the relevant group acting with a common purpose and the suspect prior to the perpetration of the crime.” Hence, liability could also accrue to those who agreed to the cover-up of crimes before they were committed. The possibility of communications cuts as a mode of cover-up is explicitly considered in Gaddafi, and this line of reasoning is likely relevant in the case of Myanmar as well. Courts have made clear that liability under section 25(3)(d) of the Rome Statute does...
02.09.22 | |

30 Apr

...agrees to unrestricted international oversight over its nuclear facilities. Nicolas Sarkozy’s re-election campaign has been rocked by allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign received financial support from Gaddafi. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Dominique Strauss-Kahn explains why he thinks that the public fallout from last year’s Sofitel scandal was orchestrated by his political opponents. In response, President Sarkozy has challenged DSK to take his complaints to court. Mali’s military leaders have rejected ECOWAS’ transition plan and Human Rights Watch is alleging the commission of war crimes by Northern...
30.04.12 | |

13 Feb

The UN has urged Sudan to strengthen human rights efforts with respect to two recently detained political opposition figures. Rebels have captured Syria’s biggest hydro-electric dam and battled army tank units near the center of Damascus. Libya has claimed it is competent to try ex-spy chief under Gaddafi’s regime, Abdullah al-Senussi, though the ICC has called for his extradition to The Hague. The lower house of the French parliament has approved a bill 320-299 to legalize same-sex marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children. The UN is hoping to...
13.02.13 | |

14 Jun

...Gaddafi’s forces. In the latest statement on Syria, “responsibility” is notably absent. There is no mention of the 93,000 people killed in the conflict. Rather, the Administration’s statement focuses on the fuzzy “red line” of chemical weapons, not the humanitarian nightmare of the ongoing fighting. Action in Syria will depend, the statement made clear, on the Administration’s assessment of the threat and its appropriate response: “[W]e will make decisions on our own timeline. Any future action we take will be consistent with our national interest, and must advance our objectives….”...
14.06.13 | |

10 Nov

...fact, China’s principal oil production company, CNOOC, completed its first deepwater production rig—destined for use in the South China Sea—in May of this year. Although China is the destination of 12 percent of Equatorial Guinea’s oil exports, it will not be in a position to displace Western oil companies for years to come. The seizure of Teodorín’s assets in the United States is unlikely to speed the departure of the man who, since Gaddafi’s demise, is the longest-surviving dictator in Africa, nor is it likely to spur dramatic progress toward...
10.11.11 | |

18 Feb

...since the uprising against Gaddafi and Kosovo marking five years of independence. Arusha has given a plot of land to the International Criminal Court for it to build the African Chapter of the International Criminal Court, in a bid to attract international organisations and temper the impact of the ICTR’s depature. The Russian Foreign Affairs Minister has finally returned the call to John Kerry, after keeping him waiting for six days to discuss Syria and North Korea’s recent nuclear test. Venezuela’s Foreign Minister has stated that they are willing to...
18.02.13 | |